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Visa, BILL & Billtrust pilot AI agents for invoice payments

The trial could speed supplier payments and cut manual data entry for finance teams, while keeping buyer approval and controls intact.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 4 min read • Last week

Artificial Intelligence

Vertice launches procure-to-pay platform with AI tools

The new system aims to curb value leakage after contracts are signed by linking requests, invoices and payments in one finance workflow.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 3 min read • Last week

Financial Systems

Datarails launches spend management product tied to budgets

Finance teams can now approve requests against live budgets, with Datarails Spend linking commitments, invoices and payments in one system.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 3 min read • This month

Fintech

Webexpenses merges with Zudello to widen finance tools

Customers will keep existing brands and contracts as the merged group adds broader automation across finance teams in the UK, APAC and North America.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 3 min read • This month

Accounts payable

Everyone gets one Halloween a year. Finance teams get twelve

Late-arriving receipts, approvals and invoices force finance teams into repeated month-end firefights, wasting time that should be spent on judgement.

By Tanu Kaushik • 4 min read • This month

Low code & No code

Alteryx launches BigQuery invoice workflows for finance

Finance teams can now reconcile millions of invoices in BigQuery without code, as Alteryx keeps PDFs in Google Cloud Storage and flags duplicates.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 3 min read • This month

Customer Relationship Management

Mastek launches AI-native services to cut software costs

Enterprises could trim underused software spend as Mastek replaces legacy tools with AI-native services tied to business outcomes.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • This month

Enterprise Resource Planning

BMO & Mastercard launch embedded virtual card service

Canadian and US corporate card clients can now manage virtual payments inside existing finance software, reducing manual work and improving control.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 4 min read • This month

Stories from Other Regions

Accounts payable stories

Construction

Coast raises USD $35 million to expand field payments

The funding will help the New York-based fintech add customers and automate expenses, bill pay and accounts payable for field service firms.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 3 min read • Today

Software-as-a-Service

PairSoft appoints Vijay Vidiyala as Chief Product Officer

The appointment comes as the finance software provider steps up AI development for office-of-the-CFO tools embedded in existing ERP systems.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 3 min read • Today

Risk & Compliance

Walmart Business expands TreviPay invoice payments

Eligible buyers can now use net 30-day terms and approved spending controls in stores and online, after a wider rollout from the pilot.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 4 min read • Last week

Fintech

Xero teams with Bookkeeper360 on embedded payments

Small businesses using Bookkeeper360 can now access Xero and Melio payment tools inside one branded workflow, without separate systems.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 3 min read • Last week

Customer Relationship Management

Conexiom opens headless platform for order automation

Manufacturers and distributors could cut manual rekeying as Conexiom lets developers embed order and invoice automation into existing systems.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 4 min read • Last week

Enterprise Resource Planning

Cooper Software launches TRAX v3 for IFS invoice capture

Finance teams using IFS can now automate supplier invoice capture, reducing manual data entry and freeing staff to handle exceptions instead.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 3 min read • Last week

Supply Chain

Levelpath launches Ranger AI for autonomous procurement

Procurement teams could cut manual work and manage risk more tightly as the new platform automates sourcing, checks and invoice matching.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • This month

Software-as-a-Service

Oracle NetSuite launches free QuickStart for startups

Eligible US startups can now use NetSuite's accounting tools free, as Oracle pushes founders to adopt finance software before spreadsheets start to fail.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 3 min read • This month

Fintech

ApprovalMax launches AI bill checks for Xero users

Finance teams using Xero and QuickBooks Online can now get AI flags on supplier bills, though humans still make the final approval decision.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 4 min read • This month

Fintech

Dext launches payments in Canada for QuickBooks & Xero

Canadian QuickBooks Online and Xero users can now process supplier and expense payments in one workflow, after beta users handled more than USD $2 million.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 3 min read • This month